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In the games

Pokémon Black and White

In Pokémon Black and White, Iris first meets the player in Castelia City, where she helps Bianca train her Pokémon. After defeating the Elite Four and Sinnoh League Champion, Cynthia, in Undella Town, Iris will visit the villa in the Summer season.

In Black and White 2, Iris meets the player in Castelia City, helping the player find Team Plasma Grunts hiding in the sewers. She appears again at Opelucid City recommending the player to go to Route 9 to train before battle Drayden. She's later encountered after defeating the Elite Four.

If Memory Link is performed, a flashback occurs when talking to Drayden. The flashback reveals how Iris defeats Drayden after a tough battle. Drayden then reminesences about when he met Iris the first time and how she was a special trainer on the Village of Dragons when he was looking for a succesor. Iris mentions how different the Village of Dragons is in comparison to Unova and their relationship with Pokemon. Drayden talks about how tough it was to be trainer on his time without Poke Balls. The two go on to talk her experience battle Alder, and what she will do now as the new Champion. Iris claims she will be one that can encourage people with their Pokemon. Drayden gives her, her new outfit.

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If you talk to one of the veterans in Drayden's house in Pokémon Black, she will say that she trained Iris but she was already strong before she was trained.

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In the anime

In Pokemon Black and White (or Best Wishes in Japanese) anime, Iris is one of Ash's (or Satoshi in Japanese) and Drew's companions. At first she is seen as a confident trainer but with weak pokemon consistently calling Ash a inexperienced child.

Born from a Dragon Villiage, Iris dreams of one day becoming a Dragon Master with her Kibago and Doryuuzu (even though Doryuuzu isnt a Dragon type pokemon...)

Over the series Iris catches many pokemon such as Chillarmy (Chiraami in Japanese).

Drayden is said to be Iris's mentor and plans to let her run the Gym when he retires.

Iris and Clair are both eighth Gym Leaders in their region and they both use Dragon-type Pokémon. They are also both female.

Iris and Drayden are the only Dragon-type Gym Leaders to use pure Dragon-types.

Iris is the first Gym Leader since Erika to retain their Japanese name in the English translations.

Iris and Drayden use the same teams but have differences in gender and the ability of their Druddigon. Drayden has an all-male team with a Rough Skin Druddigon, while Iris has an all-female team with a Sheer Force Druddigon.

Iris is the only Unova Gym Leader with a second occupation.

In Pokemon Black and White, Iris and Drayden's Haxorus were under-levelled as Fraxure does not evolve until Level 48. This was changed in Pokemon Black 2 and White 2, with her Haxorus' level increased by 16 as the Champion.

Iris offers to teach Draco Meteor to the player after the Elite Four have been defeated the first time in Black.

Iris is one of the Gym Leader that her name doesn't represent her type and the only Unova Gym Leader to do so.